Burn Permits and Open Air Burning

1. Fire Chief may inspect site of burn and material to be burnt.
2. Fire Chief must determine if it is reasonable or practical to transport the material to the land fill.  If it is reasonable or practical to transport material to a landfill site a burn permit will NOT be issued. No pile larger than fifteen feet (15’) in diameter and eight feet (8’) high. Permits will be issued to burn clean dry wood only.
3. Burning material other than clean dry wood is prohibited, materials prohibited include treated, painted, or laminated wood, tires, rubber, plastic, asphalt, foam, insulation, cardboard, cloth, leaves, grass, vegetation or any other toxic or non-toxic material prohibited by the Environment Protection Act.
4. Fires must be supervised at all times.
5. Sufficient water/other fire-retardant equipment must be readily available to keep fire under control.
6. Permits are issued for day light hours only.
7. Applicant shall notify fire dispatch before the burn commences and at the completion of the burn at (519) 741-2582.
8. Permits are void on smog alert days or when weather conditions such as wind, fog, lack of rain, dry grass or other conditions make open-air burning unsafe.
9. Fires must be extinguished immediately if smoke interferes with neighbors or by order of the Fire Chief.
10. If any of these conditions are violated the applicant and/or the property owner may be charged under the Ontario Fire Code, the Environmental Protection Act and/or charged a fee equal to all expenses incurred by the Township of Wellesley to respond to a fire or complaint concerning a fire on the applicants or owners’ property.

By-law 50/2015 open-burns and fire-pit regulations